Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, (Painting and Restoration department), (ALU), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1987.
Recipient of many International Awards and Grants, including several Art Renewal Center International Salon Awards:

2004 Honorable Mention for Figurative Work
2004 ARC Staff Award for Figurative Work
2004 Purchase Award for Figurative Work
2004, 2006, 2007  Finalist-Figurative Category,
2011, 2014  First Prize -Best Portrait - Portrait Society of Canada  
2016 People's Choice Award - Portrait Society of Canada 
2019 Certificate of Excellence - Portrait Society of Canada

Elizabeth Greenshields International Foundation Grant recipient, Irena Korosec is a teacher of classical art for over thirty years (Saidye Bronfman School of Arts, Dawson College,
Bohemiarte School of Art-Montreal, Canada, Artedea Online School of Arts).
She is a member of Portrait Society of Canada

She is teaching Classical Painting Techniques, Gilding and Restoration at ARC Approved Artedea-Bohemiarte School, and Classical Drawing and Painting at Academie Des Beaux Arts (Academ) in Montreal.

NAME OF THE ARTWORK SUBMITTED: "THREE SIDES OF ANTHONY"

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